Applications of Environmental Aquatic Chemistry, 3rd Edition

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Preface to the Third Edition

Many environmental chemistry books can be put into one of two groups:

1. Those that are very thorough and include nearly all of the basic chemical

principles that underlie the topics covered

2. Those that rely on an existing understanding of the basic principles and

begin from there

This text tries to follow a middle path, where the basic principles needed for an

environmental topic are included only to the extent of contributing to an understand-

ing of the topic being discussed and to guide the reader in applying the information

to actual environmental problems.

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